Xiphiidae
Jeffry Astin
Pass hidingly seek
Xiphiidae is the long-running solo project by Jeffry Astin, label head of underground cassette institution Housecraft. His highly abstract style, spanning over 40 releases, draws from modern and ethnic drone, tape music, musique concrète, kosmische, and lo-fi aesthetics, creating work that defies easy categorization. Pass Hidingly Seek (2009) finally receives its proper vinyl treatment through Aguirre Records. This enchanted folk-drone psychedelia occupies unique territory somewhere between Boar…
Quaking Myth
Xiphiidae is the long-running solo project by Jeffry Astin, label head honcho of everyone's favorite underground cassette label Housecraft. Based in Athens, Georgia (and previously Brooklyn), Astin has built an extraordinary catalog of experimental music that spans over 40 releases, predominantly on cassette format, establishing Housecraft as one of the most respected underground tape labels in the experimental music community. Astin's highly abstract style, represented across his vast discograp…